Crime and Punishment

Justice Facts said...
This essay is not meant to be read as a complaint, nor stereotypical opinion of the population in general.
But there are days when even the optimist would feel that society is at the mercy of the actions and behaviors of a few.
For example, when considering the news coverage concerning the state of the economy, public health, and issues of immigration; hoarding and lack of benevolence seem to be among the most significant behaviors of the leaders of our population.
Bankers, medical staffers, insurance companies, and politicians take more than they need while they attempt to pass laws for rationing what is left of the necessities to the “rest of us”
And speaking of law, doesn’t society of late bombard us with too much of "the law"?
If we were to be honest, wouldn't we all admit that there are just a few too many "laws"? Criminal Justice? What is that? What makes one human more worthy to create, to judge and even to "enforce" these laws.
Every station on the television network seems to be seething with "crime investigators" . The majority of news reported is "law enforcement stories" . Are the citizens of America so evil that we warrant more surveillance, phone tappings and more jails.

Our minds are filled to the brim with "cops who lie to trap lying criminals". We read daily of judges who sentence the impoverished,powerless, ignorant or otherwise disadvantaged, while letting the "wealthier and more popular" walk free for similar and sometimes worse offenses.
Prime time news programs investigate stories about politicians who seem to have no sense of morality, but never-the-less are entrusted to write the laws which they (the lawmakers) seem not to obey, nor abide.
Just this morning I turned on the news to hear a man report the he had been arrested for overlooking the fact that he should close his curtains in case someone should decide to wander through his back yard and peer through his window. This would seem a little backwards to me. I always pictured the "peeper" to be the "pervert". Children who watch"cops" and probably wary of the iron fist neglect to tell on peers for gang violence and are arrested for not cooperationg with "law enforcers".

Recently we saw legislatures debate the need for a law to prosecute people more effectively for hurting another on the basis of race or sexual preference. Could this be due to the fact that this is tier majority, not the majority of the general public.

I guess my point is that if we should be “damned for our sins” (as the law sees fit to say), how many ways can you persecute someone for the same offense?
Why isn't everyone punished equally?
Do harsher penalties stop the judges from impending them carlessly?
In the event that the "criminal" survives time served, who has compassion for him/her once they are released. "the record" is permanent and so is punishement. How can a person find employment after being "labeled a criminal" by the very people who unfairly let their own "contacts" go free.
Doesn't the law cause some of the hardships they seek to remedy?

Where is the “chance for redemption” or even “forgiveness”?
When will the law be just?
When will society learn that condemnation is not THE ONLY Alternative, but part of the problem.
If the law is specifically black and white then shouldn’t we all be damned to hell for our first evil thought? Aren’t we all evil at some moment in our lives?

How many laws will it take to change the world ?